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ABCFM Daguerreotypes Collection

 Collection
Call Number: RG 324
Scope and Contents:

This collection contains daguerreotype images of missionaries who had been appointed for service by The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. The daguerreotype process for creating photographs was used during the 1840s and 1850s. Series III contains two color miniature portraits that date from 1839. This collection was originally held at the Franklin Trask Library of Andover Newton Theological School and was transferred to the Yale Divinity Library in 2017.

Dates: circa 1839-1860

Adele Shepard Collection of Edwards and Dwight Family Papers

 Collection
Call Number: RG 329
Abstract: This collection of Edwards and Dwight family papers was inherited and compiled by Adele Shepard, a descendant of the families. The papers focus primarily on the individuals in Shepard's line of descent, including Jonathan Edwards, his grandson Timothy Dwight (1752-1817), great-grandson William T. Dwight, great-great-grandson Henry E. Dwight and their spouses and children. The collection also includes other documents and photographs of historical interest with direct or tangential relation to...
Dates: 1685-1954, bulk 1720-1860

Andover Newton Oxyrhynchus Papyri Collection

 Collection
Call Number: RG 305
Abstract:

The collection consists of sixteen Oxyrhynchus Papyri items. The most notable item (Oxy. P. 1230) relates to the New Testament text of Revelations 5,6. Other items include poetical and prose fragments, orders, contracts, receipts, letters, and a prayer.

Dates: circa 1st - 6th century CE

Isaac Backus papers

 Collection
Call Number: RG 280
Abstract:

Personal papers of Backus document his professional work and include diaries, travel journals, autobiographical statements, sermons, published and unpublished writings, and extracts from readings. Collected papers include correspondence and narratives chronicling the Separate Baptist struggle for religious freedom, gathered by Backus.

Dates: 1660-1806

Church Postcard Collection

 Collection
Call Number: RG 315
Abstract:

The collection includes photographic postcards showing church buildings primarily in New England but also elsewhere throughout the United States.

Dates: circa1900-1960

Missionary Postcard Collection

 Collection
Call Number: RG 101
Abstract:

The collection includes more than 25,000 missionary postcards. These postcards were produced by mission sending agencies and distributed throughout Europe and America with the intent of promoting support for the missions' work and providing information about non-Western peoples and customs.

Dates: ca. 1920s - 1960s

Yale University Divinity School Memorabilia Collection

 Collection
Call Number: RG 53
Abstract: This collection represents primarily non-official documentation of life at Yale Divinity School. The official archives of the Yale University Divinity School are housed at Sterling Memorial Library. The Yale University Divinity School was formed as a separate department of the University in 1822. Since 1972 Berkeley Divinity School has been affiliated with Yale University Divinity School. The Institute of Sacred Music, founded at Yale in 1973, is also affiliated with the Divinity School. In...
Dates: 1701-2023